I started watching Marvel Anime: Iron Man. The first episode was pretty good. I had honestly believed that only Robert Downey Jr could make me like a supervillain like Iron Man.

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'Dickbag? Tell me, do you just take random obscenities, and pair them up with equally random nouns? "Cock Lamp?" "Ass Taxi?" "Shit Rooster?" Is that the way it works?' - Atticus Murphy Jr. Guidance Counsellor

I have cracked three new manga series this year. One of my resolutions, IIRC.

Soul Eater. No opinion on this yet. It is surreal enough that it takes a little while to digest.

Rosario + Vampire. Theoretically a harem manga, including the average (i.e. boring) hero and a stable of supernatural beauties (Kurumu being my favorite), but it plays like a "monster of the day" show (i.e. Sailor Moon) set to a Halloween theme.

High School Of The Dead. Half Romero, half Battle Royale, but it tends to veer randomly into fan service territory. Despite that, great fun! This is my favorite of the three. Unfortunately, in both Japan and the U.S., it is hampered by a slow-as-molasses release schedule. Might have to dip into the anime to pass the time. (The complete set will be released in the middle of this month.)

Also worth noting that the missing (Headmasters) season of Transformers is on DVD now. Been very curious about that.

~Even when you've paid enough / Been pulled apart or been held up / Every single memory of the good or bad / Faces of luckDon't lose any sleep tonight / I'm sure everything will end up all right / You may win or loseBut to be yourself is all that you can do~ Audioslave

Tenjo Tenge. The complete, retranslated, uncensored rerelease that I have mentioned at least once in this forum has officially begun. This time, Viz is doing the honors, and they are releasing TT<Dr. Movie<Rave Master. On a similar note, I discovered that Tokyopop, in one of many final acts of stupidity, let this license expire before the series was done. They stopped at Volume 32, and it looks like Del Rey Manga, now using the Kodansha label on its spines, has been gracious enough to release Volumes 33, 34, and 35 in a single omnibus edition to complete the series and do right by the fans. If my research is correct, they are also doing a rerelease of the entire series from the beginning to capitalize on the success of their release of Fairy Tail by the same author. ... In any case, I encourage anybody who is curious not to dismiss this as a One Piece-a-like, as I find it to have its own distinct charm. (That, and I love the art; Mashima is not as given to stretchy, oddly sized people as Oda is.)

~Even when you've paid enough / Been pulled apart or been held up / Every single memory of the good or bad / Faces of luckDon't lose any sleep tonight / I'm sure everything will end up all right / You may win or loseBut to be yourself is all that you can do~ Audioslave

Crunchyroll, Hulu Plus, and Netflix have offered a surfeit of anime to watch. Unfortunately, the loss of my book store means that my only (legal) options for manga are either Amazon or the local library. Thus, it looks like I get to reread High School Debut again. Good thing I like that series.

. From the makers of Zettai Karen Children (Psychic Squad), but the most correct title for this, in my opinion, is A Bunch of Psychics Troll the Earth. Interesting enough to be a fun diversion, and yaoi fans will find immediate interest in the two main characters.

Vividred Operation. Another successor to Sailor Moon, but this particular entry in the magical girl genre has the benefit of being well-produced and conscious of what it is, albeit in the most unapologetic way possible. One of my friends in anime / manga fandom observed that this plays like a magical girl show made for people in my age group, and ... yes, it does. Not quite as self-referential as Madoka, but definitely akin to Nanoha. And yuri-tastic.

Demonbane<eroge, but now legitimate enough to be in the next Super Robot Wars.

And the entire family, myself included, is revisiting Bleach. It is of note that the anime has been cancelled as of the end of the Lost Substitute arc, meaning that anybody seeking the conclusion of the saga is going to have to pick up the manga if they have not already done so. Reading a particular (very recent) spoiler for said manga has 110% rekindled my interest in this title.

Girls Bravo -- watching via Netflix with hubby when we can get the little ones down early enough. No excuses, it's just plain fun.

XXXholic -- also through Netflix. By myself since hubby isn't interested. Odd enough that I wasn't sure I liked it...but I'm still watching it. I dislike the stretched-out style of drawing the characters, but the theme music was so awesome, it got it that all-important first viewing.

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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.--Robert A. Heinlein

Ghost Hunt -- another anime I found on Netflix. I love the intro sequence, it's very Twilight Zone. So far the story and characterization are pretty darn good. Even though it's done in 24 minute episodes, the case files are made up of three or four episodes. I'm finding it hard to stick to just one episode a night (it's my current bedtime watch).

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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.--Robert A. Heinlein